Broken Rules announces Secrets of Raetikon

Chasing Aurora developer Broken Rules has announced Secrets of Raetikon (stylized SECRETS OF RÆTIKON), a new aerial exploration game set in the Alps. The team has been working on the project since early 2011.

Players will fly through a variety of environments including hills, forests, snowy mountain tops, and even lightning storms. They’ll also come across wild animals – who interact with the user and each other – as well as remnants of an ancient civilization. You can choose to engage in combat or simply explore and solve mysteries.

Platforms are TBA at this time, but the Wii U eShop has a pretty good chance of getting the game. A release is planned for 2013.

For the official Secrets of Raetikon announcement, head past the break.

Broken Rules, the indie developer behind award winning game And Yet It Moves and the Wii U launch title Chasing Aurora present their new game: SECRETS OF RÆTIKON, an aerial exploration game in three chapters. With SECRETS OF RÆTIKON, Broken Rules continues its tradition of creating games with rich physical interaction in an unusual setting.

In this exploration game set in the alpine mountains, the player unlocks the secrets of the world around him one by one. Flying freely through a rugged landscape, he encounters wild animals and remnants of an ancient civilisation. Whether the player engages in combat or solves the mysteries of the world peacefully is up to her.

Broken Rules has worked on SECRETS OF RÆTIKON since early 2011. The game design started at the idea of simulating the kind of flight that one experiences in dreams. Conclusively, SECRETS OF RÆTIKON is a game for anyone who has ever dreamed of flying.

KEY FEATURES
SET YOUR OWN PACE – Players with different skills or playing styles can set the pace of their exploration on their own.
EXPANSIVE AND VARIED ENVIRONMENTS – Hills, forests, snowy mountain tops and lightning storms. The world of RÆTIKON is full of variety.
A LIVING BREATHING WORLD – The animals the player encounter interact with each other as well as the player. He can lure them, feed them, tease them or let them loose on each other. We don’t recommend fooling around with a lynx, though.